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Obama Denies Bilateral Iran Nuclear Talks Underway but doesn’t Reject them Either

From On November 14, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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During his first Press Conference today following his successful second-term campaign, President Barak Obama emphasized that the United States wants to peacefully resolve the tense dispute over the Islamic Republic’s controversial nuclear program (the US is reportedly considering a more-for-more negotiating strategy) but denied that talks are “imminent”. Importantly, he didn’t reject [...]

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Panetta reaffirms U.S.’s “wretched” red line on Iran’s nuclear program

From On August 6, 2012 · 1 Comment

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Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta’s trip to the Middle East last week included reassuring Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in person, that the U.S. was committed to preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon — the U.S.’s “red line” on Iran. Panetta reiterated the U.S.’s position, essentially point by point, at [...]

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